GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Abstract. During osteogenesis, osteoblasts lay down osteoid and transform into osteocytes embedded in mineralized bone matrix. Despite the fact that osteocytes are the most abundant cellular component of bone, little is known about the process of osteoblast-to-osteocyte transformation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Osteocytes are derived from the osteoblast cell lineage. The transformation from plump collagen-producing osteoblasts to smaller dendritic osteocytes is a dramatic one that requires extensive restructuring of the cytoskeletal and intracellular machinery.